Famous Pharaohs
Who is considered the most successful Pharaoh during the New Kingdom and responsible for defeating the Hittites?
Rameses II
What was the highest social class in Ancient Egypt?
What is the pharaoh?
Who is the god of the sun and the main patron deity in Ancient Egyptian mythology?
Who is Ra?
What is the name of the ancient Egyptian writing system?
Hieroglyphics
What river was vital to Ancient Egyptian civilization?
What is the Nile River?
Many Egyptians relied on the Nile’s flooding to grow crops. What earlier civilization did we study that also depended on a river system for farming?
Mesopotamia
What museum has the Rosetta Stone in its collection?
The British Museum
Which pharaoh is known for building the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Who is Khufu?
What social class was responsible for building the Great Pyramid of Giza?
What are laborers?
What is the ceremony that is the last judgement before you pass on to the afterlife?
What is "the Weighing of the Heart"?
What is the Rosetta Stone?
What is a stone that helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs?
What desert lies to the west of the Nile River?
What is the Sahara Desert?
Egyptian pharaohs were considered god-kings with divine authority. What is one way this is similar to how leaders in Mesopotamia (like Sumerian kings) justified their rule?
Both claimed support or approval from the gods.
What kind of salt is used to mummify a body?
Natron
Who was the first female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt and was responsible for the trade expedition to Punt?
Who is Hatshepsut?
What group of people was responsible for writing and keeping records in Ancient Egypt?
Who are the scribes?
Who is the goddess of motherhood and magic? (Also the wife of Osiris)
Isis
What was the purpose of canopic jars?
What is to store the organs of the deceased?
What are the two regions of Ancient Egypt?
Upper and Lower Egypt
Egyptians built pyramids using organized labor and skilled workers. Name one way this shows the growth of a complex society, similar to other ancient civilizations we’ve studied.
TRUE OR FALSE: Narmer combined the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt into one "Double Crown"
TRUE: Upper crown was the white crown, lower was the Red.
Which Pharaoh was known as the "Napoleon of Egypt?"
Thutmose III
Which social classes used jewelry to express themselves?
Pharaohs, Priests, and Nobles
Who was responsible for killing Osiris?
Who is Seth?
What is the famous ancient Egyptian text that contains spells and prayers for the afterlife?
What is the Book of the Dead?
What ocean is at the end of the Nile river near Memphis?
The Mediterranean Ocean
Pharaohs held central power and made major decisions for the whole kingdom. What is one way that modern governments show central leadership today, even though they are not monarchies?
Modern governments create laws, protect people, collect taxes, and organize big public projects.
Who is the God of Mummification and the journey to the afterlife?
Anubis
Who unified Upper and Lower Egypt?
Who is King Narmer?
Where were farmers on the social pyramid?
At the bottom.
Why was the Book of the Dead important?
A guide for the deceased in the Afterlife
What was the Narmer Palette?
The primary source that celebrated Narmer's triumph in unifying Egypt.
What was the capital city of Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom?
Thebes
Studying Ancient Egypt helps us understand early government, writing, religion, agriculture, and architecture. What is one major reason learning this history is still important in the modern world?
It helps us understand how civilizations form, how humans solve problems, how technology develops, and how ancient ideas influence our modern world.
What was the name of the historian responsible for translating the Hieroglyphs?
Jean-Francois Champollion
Which Pharaoh is responsible for building the Step Pyramid at Saqqara?
Djoser
What class was right below pharaoh and was considered to be local government?
Viziers
What two gods merged together to form the god of the sun, air, and creation of all living things? What was the gods name?
Ra and Amun, forming Amon-Ra.
What was significant about the Tomb of Nebamun? Who was he?
The Tomb of Nebamun is significant for its remarkably preserved and vibrant wall paintings, which offer a unique glimpse into life and beliefs in ancient Egypt. Nebamun was a wealthy scribe for the temple of Amun at Thebes who lived around 1350 BCE. The paintings show him enjoying banquets, hunting, and overseeing his estates, which were intended to magically provide for him in the afterlife.
What region did Egypt take over after the defeat of the Hittites?
The Levant (Modern day Palestine-Syria)
Egyptian writing (hieroglyphics) helped preserve history, record events, and support government. Connect this achievement to one other writing system we studied and explain how writing changed life in both places.
Hieroglyphics and cuneiform both allowed record-keeping, communication, government control, and preservation of stories/history.
What type of math was used to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Primarily geometry. Key concepts included calculating ratios and proportions for alignment, using the seqed (a unit of slope) for consistent angles, and applying principles similar to the Pythagorean theorem to create right angles
Who was the first Pharaoh of the Hellenistic period?
Ptolomy I, General of Alexander the Great
What pharaoh changed the religion of Egypt to worship a single god, Aten, for a short period of time?
Akhenaten, originally known as Amenhotep IV
What was the Poem of Pentaur?
An ancient Egyptian account of the Battle of Kadesh, likely written by the scribe Pentaur. It details how Pharaoh Ramesses II, supposedly abandoned by his army, single-handedly fought off thousands of Hittite charioteers.
What is the name of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple?
Deir el-Bahri